Enjoy the latest monthly covers wrap-up for the long weekend ahead, take note that Vogue Paris, Numéro and Interview are on June/July issues, check back on the June post to see the covers if you’re curious. 

Vogue Italia

Kristen McMenamy is back. She’s appeared in the MET Gala in her white hair before, it’s slowly becoming her signature.

Meisel has been re-using ex- VI cover girls since May (Sasha, Meghan and now Kristen), after a slew of new models and ‘it girls’. 

Inside is a 32 page editorial of Kristen.

Vogue US

Sienna Miller ph by Craig McDean.

Vogue UK

Julianne Moore ph by Alasdair McLellan 

Vogue Germany

Julia Stegner ph by Alexi Lubomirski.

Her last four Vogue Covers are all Vogue Germany. They love her, enough said.

Vogue Espana

 Cindy Crawford ph by Alix Malka

 Check out Cindy’s full ed here.

Vogue Russia

Snejana ph by Terry Tsiolis (in that $20,720 Versace dress).

Must-see: Alana Zimmer’s ed in this issue, ph by Yelena Yemchuk.

Vogue China

 Anna Selezneva ph by Camilla Akrans in Hawaii. 

Vogue Nippon

Kate Moss ph by Inez & Vinoodh.

Vogue Korea

 Sasha Pivovarova (you can tell from those eyes)

Re-print from US Vogue June’s ‘The Wedding Party’

Vogue India

Deepika Padukone

Vogue Australia

Myf Shepherd’s first Vogue cover.

Vogue Brasil

Caroline Trentini ph by Terry Richardson.

Vogue Portugal

Audrey Tautou. 

Re-print from Elle Belgium.

Vogue Mexico

Kate Moss, reprint from Vogue US May.

Numéro Tokyo

 Vlada Roslyakova.

Numéro Korea

Maryna Linchuk ph by Sebastian Kim, see her full ed here.

W

Bruce Willis and new wife Emma (represented by NEXT), ph by Steven Klein.

W has been on a celebrity run lately, and loads of Steven Klein… time for a change?

W Korea

 Eniko Mihalik.

Dazed & Confused

Prada girl Kendra Spears for the ‘Rip It Up’ issue, ph by Mariano Vivanco. See her ed here.

V

Cameron Diaz

I’ve already posted Iris’ed ‘A Touch of Class‘ in two posts earlier, now see the fake Donatella in action!

[TFS scans by Pipoca, Kazaf, NadineAndTheCity, Surreal7, style.com,
women mgmt blog, yes24.com, models.com, vogue.co.uk, vogue.com.mx,
vogue.es, bollyupdates.com, welovemodels.com, my inbox]

You might have seen the latest Hussein Chalayan Fall 09′ ad ph by Amy Troost. It is definitely not his first ad campaign, IMG has just posted Hussein’s Spring 09′ ad on their blog— Luca Gadjus ph by Max Von Gumppenberg and Patrick Bienert.

All the umbrellas just give you a very lazy, relaxed summer feel, no? Love it.

[image: IMG blog]

V #60 doesn’t hit stand till 7 July, but I just got this fresh from my mailbox, check out Iris looking stunning as ever as the beauty in :

“A Touch of Class” photographed by Willy Vanderperre

Styling by Olivier Rizzo

Model Iris Strubegger

Classy indeed.

credit: V magazine www.vmagazine.com

Out of nowwhere, Anja Rubik on an editorial/cover/campaign streak, courtesy of Inez & Vinoodh.

Campaigns: Balmain, Gucci Fall 09′ (with 8 other models) and Gucci Pre-fall 09′:

Recently, she’s been on at least ONE Vogue cover each month, since May.

Her latest— Vogue Nippon August, ph by I&V

It’s funny to see this sort of thing happen. Anja, to everyone is like the editorial/runway queen who’s been doing the same amount of work for the past few years, most memorably, as the once long time face of Chloé. But like what I have mentioned before, she just doesn’t have the luck to be on as many Vogue covers as let say Anna Selezneva, or open/close as many shows as Poly. Then all of a sudden, Inez & Vinoodh is bringing her everywhere (as if Daria has gone on a vacation). At the rate that she’s going, her status/profile has definitely gone a notch up. Late much, but it’s good to see that her hardwork being paid off.

[images: yes24.com, vogue.fr, amazon.co.jp, gucci.com]

Dolce & Gabbana show soundtrack
“Amy Winehouse – Love Is A Losing Game (remixed by DJ Coleman)”

 [MP3]

Monday, 6th July 

10.00am  Alexis Mabille, 14 rue Royale

2.30pm & 5.00pm Christian Dior, 30 Avenue Montaigne 

Tuesday, 7th July

11.30am Giorgio Armani Privé, Palais de Chaillot

2.30pm Christian Lacroix

5.00pm Givenchy 

9.00pm Chanel, Grand Palais

Wednesday, 8th July

12.30pm Elie Saab, 46 rue Cambon

2.30pm Jean Paul Gaultier, 325 rue Saint-Martin

6.30pm Valentino 

• SOMETIME Aterlier Versace
• 7 & 8 July, 10.00 am to 1.00 pm & 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm Maison Martin Margiela, Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine – 1 place du Trocadéro 

Dior couture is showing twice because the venue is small this year. They have been cutting down costs on locations recently. Dior’s latest cruise collection presentation is so much smaller scale than the usual full on runway shows.

Chanel couture is returning to the Grand Palais, will there be some giant sculpture/stage deco being built again?

Lacroix is having a “very small and simple presentation” with 20 outfits on live models. Due to the current situation at Lacroix, the staff and models are very likely to have volunteered for the showing without pay. 

This season, everybody loves white.

Givenchy, Gucci, Jil Sander

Hugo Boss, Tim Hamilton, Julius

On runways, all white does create a certain visual impact, under the lighting and all. In real life, would you rock this look?

In Paris, gender bending tricks are not to be missed. At Gaultier as always, and then YSL. Cue a new term called menvage (men cleavage). 

 
Jean Paul Gaultier

 
Yves Saint Laurent

As for the collections, off the top of my head, I liked Galliano (you need some drama these days…), Mihara Yasuhiro, Dries van Noten, Alexis Mabille— he used to show his menswear together with womenswear in couture fashion week, this is his first full menswear show. I had expected some ‘couture’ menswear from him for that case, but it’s just his first show, there’s still a lot more from him to come.

[images: men.style.com]

Louis Vuitton— mustard, sequins and socks… check out the texture, rubber heel on suede, looks comfy. 

Dries van Noten— ethnic prints and woven leather detailing embellished lace-ups.

Raf Simons— super sleek entwining details, but I had expected something more from Raf… at least a pair of killer ‘mendals’ (men sandals) or two. Then again, this Spring season hasn’t been feeling very Spring. 

John Galliano— pirate boots with leather straps, rough enough for Galliano.

Bottega Veneta— Wanted: shiny patent shoes for spring. Seriously, these are gorgeous.

Jil Sander— The buck, in different colours.

Calvin Klein— futurism+minimalism… Ok this is so CK.

Lastly, Prada. The shoes has as many holes as the fabric in this collection. At least you won’t get a smelly feet.

[images: men.style.com blog]

Longchamp

ph by Mert & Marcus

Continuing from last season’s eccentric pairing of Kate and Sasha, Daria joins the main campaign star as the partner in crime. (Who’s next?)

Valentino

ph by Mert & Marcus

Great way to make that collection look chic. Chic (and fierce) for the now Valentino does exist in print under M&M, with a good model like Iris Strubegger. It’s just so natural that the shots are this moody and dark by the look of the collection itself.

Giorgio Armani

ph by Mert & Marcus

Black and white once more… the unstoppable Raquel Zimmermann, with Sean Opry, taking over from last season’s Sasha and Jamie Dornan.

Burberry Prorsum

ph by Mario Testino

Shot on location at Westminster, central London, home to Burberry’s new global headquarters at Horseferry House, starring Emma Watson and the latest Burberry exclusive Charlie, once again an all British cast as always. It’s a rather simple campaign, but the focus is of course on their first ever celeb model. Watson, at 19, is old enough (older than a gazillion models out there) to front a major campaign, finally. This is bound to happen. She looks good though, very grown up, huge contrast from her recent ‘Emma Enchanted’ Teen Vogue cover and photo story.

Marc Jacobs

ph by Juergen Teller

The campaign is set to be as fun as the collection, they are in the same spirit. This is that sort of campaign you can’t hate… just look at the last shot at the bottom right hand corner, Natasha is a real psycho in this campaign.

Louis Vuitton

ph by Steven Meisel

Can’t believe this is by Meisel… With this much photoshopping, airbrushing, it can only be Mert & Marcus? But yeah it is definitely Meisel.

Still can’t believe this is for real.

Tiffany & Co.

ph by Michcael Thompson

Hippie Devon. Glad to see her doing some modelling work now.

Dolce & Gabbana

ph by Steven Klein

Queen mafias— Mariacarla, Edita and Heidi at the casino.

It looks more ‘natural’ than last season’s forced campaigns. The casting is fantastic, unexpected though.

D&G

ph by Mario Testino

(From left) Sara Blomqvist, Hanna Rundlof, Katie Fogarty, Stephanie Rad, Ragnhild Jevne. Typical D&G but love the class.

DSquared2

ph by Mert & Marcus

Lara and her (Stone) cold stare, with a bunch of boys. Not bad, but it’s hard to keep up after last season’s super campaign, Linda + Naomi.

Gianfranco Ferrè

ph by Stefano Moro

Doing pretty well post-Meisel, strong statement campaign. This is also Karolin’s first solo major campaign, she rocked it.

Calvin Klein collcetion

ph by David Sims

Monika Jagaciak.

cK Calvin Klein

ph by Craig McDean

Sigrid and Jourdan— first black model in a Calvin Klein spot since… very long ago. Good to see Jourdan finally getting a campaign too, she had none last season.

This ‘fighting’ pose is getting a little overrated, last season it was used in Dolce & Gabbana (Trentini Vs Mariacarlia), Alberta Ferretti (Kinga Vs Viktoriya) and oh, DSQuared2’s (Naomi Vs Linda). Fighting is not fun anymore…

MaxMara

ph by Craig McDean

Eniko Mihalik.

[images: models.com,TFS scans (from campaigns forum)

WWD, dolcegabbana.com, tiffany.com]

The third cycle of the Great Britons programme has just begun, offering free flights to budding British talent as part of British Airways’ sponsorship of London 2012, and one of the categories is fashion. The competition is open to anyone aged over 16 who needs support to develop their talent. The judging panel, which includes Denise Lewis and film director Jeremy Gilley, will shortlist all applications and then the final 8 candidates will be up for the public vote. 

The current application phase ends on the 5th of July, get over to http://www.greatbritons.ba.com/how-to-apply and where you’d like to fly, and why!

Another piece of news from UK, photographer Terry O’Neill, best known for documenting fashion and pop culture of the 60s, is to have an exhibition of a fabulous collection of artwork at the Getty Images Gallery, The Village of Westfield London.

The exhibition is entitled ‘Behind The Scenes’, and shows photos of celebrities in a never seen before setting. This also includes the famous shot of Teri’s then girlfriend Faye Dunaway, the morning after winning the Acadamy Award for Best Actress. 

Admission is free. Go to http://uk.westfield.com/thevillagelondon/events/behind-the-scenes for more info. 

[image: chrisbeetles.com]